👹 Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)
Text by Mathilde Montpetit
at @publicdomainrev.bsky.social @publicdomainrev@mastodon.social
#HistoiresProdigieuses #MedievalBestiary #ScientificTreatise #PublicDomain
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Draconids (Montanthropus dracodomatio) A mysterious species of digitigrade hominidae that hailed from the highlands of the Primordial Steppes. They have evolved digitigrade limbs for extra speed as they navigate the rough terrains of the steppes. They live in a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, with some slight agricultural advancement for some rare vegetations.
Draconids (Montanthropus dracodomatio) from my worldbuilding #Draltervahn!
#artwork #medievalbestiary #speculativeevolution #specevo #fantasyart
Little #Medieval #Marginalia dragons💚💜❤️💙 #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #bestiary #dragon #medievalmanuscript
The Griffin, mortal to humans, their size is huge! #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #griffin #grifo #bestiary #medievalbestiary
Medieval porcupines, stingy! #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #porcupine #puercoespin #medievalbestiary #bestiary #marginalia
Prophet Jonah, swallowed by a whale #medievalart #medievalsky #medieval #whale #prophetjonah #medievalbestiary #bestiary #christianity
Sketch of elephant with a tower on its back
#octumnal2025 Day 24: Creature
I chose an illustration of an elephant in a 13th century bestiary. I love how unfamiliar animals were rendered.
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#elephant #drawing #bestiary #medieval #medievalbestiary
A lion holding a sheep in terror
A lion holding a sheep in terror, so terrorific i couldnt find a source! Who is menacing them on the left? #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #lion #sheep #medievalbestiary
Medieval Cats practicing the ancient art of loafing. [Rothschild 2973 (979 a), 15th c.], ca. 1260 Germany, in Besançon, BM, ms. 0054. #medievalsky #marginalia #medievalbestiary #medievalart #medieval #cats #gatos
#Inktober Day 7
Prompt: Starfish
I decided to imagine how a medieval monk illustrating a bestiary might envision a starfish if they had never seen one but only had vague and exaggerated written descriptions.
#inktoberday7 #inktoberstarfish #medievalbestiary #inkdrawings #noai #madebyahuman
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #medievalmanuscript #illuminatedmanuscript #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #snail #caracol #knight #caballero
I Just Dont Know Man........
I Just Dont Know Man..........; Salterio de Luttrell, 1320-1340, England #medievalart #marginalia #medieval #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario
He seems ready
He seems ready! From 'Gillion de Trazegnies', Flanders after 1464 (LA, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 111, fol. 36v #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario
Libro de horas de Leonor de la Vega Date entre 1401 y 1500
<<<< Chroniques sire JEHAN FROISSART >>. Français 2646 Date d'édition: 1401-1500 Folio 58v
Libro de horas de Leonor de la Vega Date entre 1401 y 1500
424-Chroniques sire Jean Froissart-Bibliothèque nationale de France
Theyre two (2) like catdog; sources in alt text! #marginalia #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestario #hybrid #hibrido
Ready on griffin with spear, fol. 88v
Ready on duck with bat, fol. 71r
Ready on ???? with crossbow, fol. 15r
Ready on dragon? With sword, fol. 15r
Who wins the marginalia 4 on 4? All from Book of Hours, France, Paris, ca. 1460MS M.282 #medievalsky #medievalart #illuminatedmanuscript #marginalia #hybrid #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario
Some medieval whales from medieval maps as horrible monsters because thats what they were to sailors! Big ass mouths and ocean monsters, Here Be Dragons! #medievalsky #medievalmaps #medievalbestiary #seamonsters #whale #ballena #medievalmonsters
Derp
Very sad lion with a saint
There was an attempt.
Neat actually
LIONS! VERY FUNNY LIONS! #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #marginalia #lion #leon
A woman saint slaying a dragon
A knight slaying a dragon
A knight slaying a dragon
A knight slaying a dragon
Dragon Slaying! A symbol of bravery and strenght and control of monsters! Poor dragons tho they were probably just chilling #medievalsky #medievalart #medievalbestiary #dragon #knight #saint #dragonslaying #bestiary #bestiario
Toot
Chilling honestly
Prepare for battle
Idk man
More of my adored marginalia #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #hybrid #illuminatedmanuscript
Hi there
HEY
Oh.
Ehm...
Marginalia! #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #medievalart #medieval #bestiary #bestiario #marginalia
some weird looking demons
Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze – Descent of Christ to Limbo, (detail), 1365
some weird looking demons
#medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #demon #demons #christ
Catdog
Archer
Special
Has a shield
MEDIEVAL BELLY #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #medievalart #medieval #marginalia #bestiary #bestiario #dragon #hybrid #hibrido
Rave
Probably being killer by st michael
The horse HATES HIS GUTS. Ill admit maybe im a bit off on the period of this one
Colorful and Notable Medieval Demons #medievalsky #medievalart #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #demon #demons #demonio #demonios #marginalia
ENDED with a hammer, that loser
Punch
Personla space
Dont mess with the grain
Fight Back! END that Demon! #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #demons #demon #demonio #demonios #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario
When your art SUCKS
Perfect pfp
You get the chain
Sorry Queen, we all must die
So im almost out of the psych ward inpatient (to become ambulatory patient) and did a lil cheat today on my day out, feeling very up mentally so heres some images i been compiling at random #medievalart #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #medieval #marginalia #mementomori
Huh, wonder who That was... #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #medievalbestiary #bestiary #bestiario #satan
My sweet husband @rcoshow.bsky.social had my little painting put onto a coffee cup! #medievalbestiary
Impressive four way hellmouth with a single entrance
Impressive complex hellmouth with many faces
Gigantic hellmouth very full
Horrifying hellmouth with demons and angels and humans nearby
Hellmouth/Boca del Infierno, de donde entran y salen demonios and they look rad as fuck #medievalsky #medievalbestiary #medievalart #medieval #hellmouth #bocadelinfierno #hell #demons
